finding a paragraph in a style

G

grammatim

I need to find all paragraphs in a document that have style "Paragraph
indented" and change them to style Normal with a tab at the beginning
of the paragraph. (It's what the typesetting machine requires.)

I have tried to follow Graham's page on using wildcards, but I find
nothing about how to search for an arbitrary stretch of text of
arbitrary length. (*) finds one character at a time. I can't simply
Find the paragraph style; with Use Wildcards checked, something has to
be entered in the Find What? box.

(Word2003.)

Thank you.
 
G

Graham Mayor

In the find what box enter
*^13
(find text up to and including the end of paragraph mark)
Select more
Check the wildcard box, and format > style - pick the Paragraph Indented
style name from the list. It will be appended below the find box.
Enter
^t^&
(Replace with tab and the found text)
in the replace with box and format Style > normal
Replace all

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
 
G

grammatim

Thanks!

In the find what box enter
*^13
(find text up to and including the end of paragraph mark)
Select more
Check the wildcard box, and format > style - pick the Paragraph Indented
style name from the list. It will be appended below the find box.
Enter
^t^&
(Replace with tab and the found text)
in the replace with box and format Style > normal
Replace all

--
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
Graham Mayor -  Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
 
G

grammatim

That's how you replace a style with a style. But I need to add a tab
character before the content of the paragraph.
 

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